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waited States parte l esta Letters Patent No. 93,048, dated July 27, `1869.

FRUIT-DRIER.

The Schedule referred to inthese LettersA Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom. fit may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSHUA W. BRooKs and HENRY RUDOEF, of Ashley, in the county yof Washington, and State of Illinois, have inventedza new and valuable Improvement in Fruit-Driers; and YWe do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description o the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed draw'- ings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1, of the drawings, is a representation of a front sectional view of our invention.

Figures 2 and 3 are details.

Our invention relates to frutt-driers; and

It consists, mainly, in a novel arrangement of devices intended to serve as efficient ineans for the purpose mentioned.

/Veconstruct our fruit-drier in the form of a small house, open both at front and rear, with double doors, for closing such openings when desirable, and aroof, having a proper inclination for carrying off the rain, and which, at the same time, serves as a reflector of heat. This roof is marked A on the drawings, and incliues downward from the centre, both in front and rear, like the roof ofan ordinary house.

The doors of our drier are 'represented by the letter B of the drawings. They are respectively made in a concave and convex form, as represented, th'e concave sides being placed inward. These doors serve as reilectors of heat, in addition to the usual functions of doors.

We arrange shelves in our drier to receive the fruit, and arrange them' at suitable distances 'om each other on proper cleats. Some of theseshelves are shownk on the drawings by the letters c.

The letter d, of the drawings, represents an aperture in the front part of the roof, and We make a similar aperture in the rear part thereof. These openings are opened or closed by any suitable means, when desiraf -ble so to do. A small pivotedbutton would answer well for that purpose.

Theletter D represents a fireplace, land letter E, a pipe leading therefrom twice across the drier, in the manner shown, and, inally, through the roof. I

Figure 2 represents the'front end or door` .ofthe re-place, which may be opened or closed in the ordif v nary way, and

Figure 3, the bottom or grate of said fire-place. Our fruit-drier is constructed mainly of metal, a

though bricks' maybe advantageously used for the' Y hereunto subscribed our names, in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOSHUA W. BROOKS. Witnesses: HENRY RUDOFF.

GEO. F. DICKERMAN, WM. N. WHITE. 

